I recently acquired a stainless steel conical fermenter as a long-desired upgrade to my brewing setup - I’ve been using 5gal plastic carboys until now, but I wanted to move away from them as I’m a bit leery of plastics leaching out while stuff sits in there for months at a time.
Does anyone here have experience with stainless fermenters? I’m especially interested in any cleaning tips and changes to flavor I should expect. Thanks in advance :)
There shouldn’t be a difference.
For cleaning some chemicals can etch stainless steel - HCl, NaOH, some more aggressive disinfectant.
Cool - I avoid acids for cleaning, mostly just use iodophor and steam